Mexico Letters
Guastavo Jimenez Perez & Luis Gabriel Ramirez Cuevas & members of Alianza Civica-Chiapas
01/12/2005
Re: Guastavo Jimenez Perez & Luis Gabriel Ramirez Cuevas & members of Alianza Civica-Chiapas To: Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguichia, Attorney General de Justicia del Estado de Chiapas & Mr. Minister Ricardo Sepulveda From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2005-12-01 I write to … [Read more...]
Mexico: Felipe Arreaga Sanchez- Farmer and Environmentalist
21/09/2005
Mr. Felipe Arreaga Sanchez, a prominent Mexican Environmentalist, has been acquitted of murder by the Guerrero State court, and was released on September 15, 2005. Mr. Arreaga has played a leading role in peaceful protests against excessive and illegal logging of forests in Petatlan, Guerrero … [Read more...]
Felipe Arreaga Sanchez—Farmer and Environmentalist
21/09/2005
Re: Felipe Arreaga Sanchez—Farmer and Environmentalist Celsa Valdovinos and others To: Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Gobernador Electo del Estado de Guerrero From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, Mexico Monitor Date: 2005-09-21 In April and June 2005, I wrote to Governor Elect … [Read more...]
Lydia Cacho Ribiero, President of the CIAM
25/07/2005
Re: Lydia Cacho Ribiero, President of the Centro Integral de Atención a las Mujeres (“CIAM”); and other staff members of CIAM To: Governor of Quintana Roo and Attorney Generals From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, Mexico Monitor, LRWC Date: 2005-07-25 LRWC is distressed to learn of repeated … [Read more...]
Mexico: LEONEL GUADALUPE RIVERO RODRIGUEZ – Lawyer
30/04/2005
Leonel Guadalupe Rivero Rodriguez, leading human rights lawyer and a member of Tierra y Libertad has represented many politically sensitive in cases in Mexico. He represented students detained during mass arrests at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), National Autonomous University … [Read more...]
Mexico: Digna Ochoa y Plácido, lawyer
28/02/2005
ABOUT THE DIGNA OCHOA CASE: Digna Ochoa y Plácido, human rights lawyers was murdered in her Mexico City office on October 19th 2001: Ms Ochoa was shot in the leg and head with a .22 caliber weapon. At the time of her death, it was widely believed that Digna Ochoa was murdered because of her … [Read more...]
Heriberto Gomez Coello, lawyer; Maria del Carmen Grajales Castillejos, lawyer; Others
24/08/2004
Re: Heriberto Gomez Coello, lawyer; Maria del Carmen Grajales Castillejos, lawyer; Others To: General Rafael Marcial Macedo de la Concha Others From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2004-08-24 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety of the above-noted individuals, following reports from … [Read more...]
Mexico: SAMUEL ALFONSO CASTELLANOS PIÑÓN – Lawyer; BEATRIZ CASAS ARELLANES – Lawyer
26/12/2003
Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Piñón and Beatriz Casas Arellanes are lawyers working with the Oaxaca regional office of Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura, (ACAT), Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture. In October 2002 the two lawyers officially took over the defence of … [Read more...]
Luz María Lluvias Flores, Raúl Crespo Casarrubias, Osiris Marlene Avila Arellanes, Bernardo Sánchez Cruz, and other members
28/11/2003
Re: Luz María Lluvias Flores, Raúl Crespo Casarrubias, Osiris Marlene Avila Arellanes, Bernardo Sánchez Cruz, and other members of the Centro de Derechos Humanos “José María Morelos y Pavón” (the “Centre”) To: Lic. Maclovio Ariza Acevedo, President of the Municipality of Chilapa de … [Read more...]
Mexico: GRISELDA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Lawyer, Indigenous Rights Activist
24/11/2003
GRISELDA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Lawyer, Indigenous Rights Activist TERESA TIRADO EVANGELIO – Sister of Griselda Tirado Evangelio BEATRIZ EVANGELIO – Mother of Griselda and Teresa Tirado Evangelio Griselda Tirado Evangelio human rights lawyer, founder of Centro de Estudios Superiores Indegenas, … [Read more...]
